The hype is real at Chapel Hill, as celebrities and alumni flocked to see Bill Belichick debut as the North Carolina Tar Heels' new head football coach. 

It was expected that many were going to be heading to Kenan Stadium to see what the Tar Heels could do, but the names that made their way over on Monday night were stunning.

Among them, of course, was Belichick’s girlfriend Jordon Hudson, who was spotted in a suite alongside Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss. Moss played his college football at Notre Dame and Marshall, but he was decked out in Carolina blue cheering on the Tar Heels. 

But the celebrities only shined brighter as the cameras made their way around the stadium. 

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After the Tar Heels began the 2025 season with an opening-drive touchdown, Tar Heels legendary former head basketball coach Roy Williams was clapping in his own suite alongside Michael Jordan, the UNC sensation who turned into one of the best NBA players of all time. 

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Jordan was rumored to be one of the alumni heading to Kenan Stadium, and it would make sense considering his "Jumpman" logo is all over the Tar Heels uniforms and accessories. 

Another alumnus who was spotted at the stadium was Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, the New York Giants legend who went second overall in the 1981 NFL Draft out of Chapel Hill.  

Even Aaron Boone, the New York Yankees manager, took the time to watch the Tar Heels before his squad faces the Houston Astros on the road Tuesday night. 

From NFL legend Julius Peppers and Team USA soccer star Mia Hamm to country music singers Eric Church and Chase Rice, the buzz was all over Chapel Hill on Monday night as everyone showed up to support Belichick as he embarks on a first in his illustrious coaching career. 

Belichick may have Super Bowls under his belt, but he has never taken on the gauntlet that is college football, famously shocking everyone when he accepted North Carolina’s job this season. He worked fast to get his staff together, including his son, Steve Belichick, coming over from Washington to serve as defensive coordinator. 

The Tar Heels are unranked to start the season, but much like the Colorado Buffaloes and the hype they got with Deion Sanders taking over the program, Belichick’s squad could work its way up the rankings as the year goes along. 

Unfortunately for Belichick, it wasn't the start he was hoping for on Monday night. The Horned Frogs came to play, dominating the game in a 48-14 win on the road, as Belichick has a lot of work to do with his players heading into next week against the Charlotte 49ers.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has blasted The New York Times for its reporting on a convicted Jamaican murderer who was deported by the Trump administration in July.

The Times ran its headline as,"The Man Who’d Served His Time In U.S. Is Deported to an African Prison." The first sentence of the article explained how Orville Etoria had shot and killed a man in Brooklyn nearly 30 years ago.

"DISGRACEFUL AND DISGUSTING! The failing @NYTimes is peddling another disgusting sob story for a criminal illegal alien. Orville Etoria was convicted of MURDER. It is absolutely revolting that the New York Times is actively defending convicted murderers over American citizens. DHS will continue enforcing the law at full speed—without apology," DHS responded in a post on X on Monday, accusing the publication of downplaying the seriousness of Etoria’s horrific 1996 crime.

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Etoria was sentenced to 25 years to life and given a deportation order in 2009. 

As well as murder, DHS has said Etoria’s criminal history included armed robbery, possession of a weapon, and forcible theft.

During his sentence at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, Etoria earned a bachelor’s degree via the Hudson Link program at Mercy College and graduated in 2018. He also pursued a master’s in divinity. 

After Etoria was released in 2021, the Biden administration allowed him to remain in the U.S. so long as he checked in with ICE and despite the standing deportation order.

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This summer, the Trump administration ordered Etoria to be deported to Eswatini, a small southern African country where he's not a citizen. 

In July, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the deportation of five deportees from Vietnam, Laos, Cuba and Yemen, including Etoria.

"A safe third country deportation flight to Eswatini in Southern Africa has landed. This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X at the time.

"These depraved monsters have been terrorizing American communities," she continued, adding that they are now "off of American soil," she added.

DHS said Jamaica and other countries refused to accept Eswatini, though Jamaican officials have since disputed that claim.

"Orville Etoria, an illegal alien from Jamaica, is a convicted MURDERER… Sixteen years later this MURDERER is off our streets and OUT of our country. President Trump and Secretary Noem are using every tool available to get criminal illegal aliens out of American communities and out of our country," DHS said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Etoria remains in Africa alongside the four others.